Feature Overview

Omnify Software delivers web-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions that enable your organization to adopt an enterprise PLM solution at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional solutions.
The Empower PLM system can address the needs of manufacturers from start-ups to thousands of users with an easy to use and quick to implement system.

The Omnify Empower PLM product delivers features that enable visibility into the complete product record.
Whether you are a small engineering group or an enterprise product development team, you have the flexibility to choose the features you need with the opportunity to add on if your needs change.
The system is available as an on-premises or hosted/cloud-based solution.

Item Data Management

All Product Information Captured In a Central Location

Omnify Empower provides a complete data management system that centralizes access to all product information across necessary groups in your organization such as - Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Partners/Suppliers.
Part information, product documents/datasheets, vendors/partners, Bill of Materials (BOMs), software components, service records and other key data is readily available in a secure,
efficient and controlled manner.

BOM Management

Managing the Bill of Material (BOM) is a key component in managing the definition of a product.
Many companies still manage BOMs using Excel spreadsheets or other paper-based methods which can introduce errors.
An inaccurate or incomplete BOM can cause lost weeks in a schedule and result in wasted production runs.

Companies that do not leverage an electronic system like Omnify Empower to manage BOMs can suffer from inaccurate data, lack of revision control to view and track changes,
and lengthy Engineering Change/ECO management processes.

Full Bill of Material (BOM) Management Functionality

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Complete BOM revision control and audit trail

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Structured Change/ECO management process to control BOM changes

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"Where Used/Not Used" information available on all items/parts

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Comprehensive importing/exporting/reporting to and from various file formats

The Omnify Empower PLM system offers a Manufacturing Process Management module to improve communication between design engineers and the shop floor.
With this module, Bill of Material (BOM) Routings are tied to the product record which delivers additional data to help manufacturers improve product quality.
The MPM/BOM Routing module provides a method for documenting manufacturing, assembly, and/or test procedures for any BOM in the Omnify Empower database.
Routings are automatically restructured upon a product revision or BOM update, ensuring that design and the shop floor are in sync.

Managing BOM Routings in Omnify Empower supplies manufacturers with a complete view of the engineering BOM including associated attributes and documentation.

Omnify Empower PLM MPM Module Features

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Define/display operations/stages and steps/sequences (hierarchically)

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Revision and ECO/Change controlled routing

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Graphical depictions/embedded images

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Electronic workflow approval process

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BOM/Routing quantity validation

Benefits of Manufacturing Process Management in Omnify Empower PLM

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Perform manufacturing planning early in the development cycle

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Link routing information directly to engineering data/product record

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Provide graphical depictions vs. text based for accurate assembly

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Revision-based routing maintains revision history

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Dynamic BOM validation to identify inventory issues

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Create Corrective Actions dynamically from routing operations

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Can be easily hosted for offshore/outsource partners

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Improve manufacturing cycles

BOM Configurator

Establishing your Bill of Material (BOM) configurations early on during the prototype phase can save time and money.
The BOM Configurator Module allows you manage product configurations for all BOM revisions within Empower.

Document Management

Complete Product Documentation Control

Product documents such as design files (models, assemblies, schematics, specifications), manufacturing files (assembly drawings, PCB, Gerber),
supplier files (datasheets, compliance documents, specifications, quotes) and quality documents are critical components in managing the complete product record.
Document Management with a manual or paper-based process is inefficient and expensive.
Documents can get lost.
Searching for a document can take up valuable time.
Access to the correct document version is not always guaranteed.

Omnify Empower helps to streamline your document control process with a central, electronic system to manage all product-associated documentation.
Enable easy, secure and controlled access to all product documents across your organization

Empower Quality Management is a closed-loop Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) system that helps to capture and route (for resolution) any product defects and issues.
If you are in a highly regulated industry such as Aerospace and Defense or Medical Device, the Quality Management module can support your Quality System requirements for regulatory approval.

Project Management

Centralize Project and Product Data to Improve Development Cycles

The Project Management Module can further enhance your product development cycles.
Tracking resources, schedules, deliverables, and tasks is critical to meet time-to-market, customer, and/or management deadlines.
Associating project information with product records not only allows deadlines and tasks to be visible to all groups involved in product development, but it also provides an analysis and trend recognition facility to correct and improve product development cycles.

The Omnify Empower PLM Project Management module is integrated with all product data stored in Empower to centralize all product and project data.

Training Management

Track and Document all Internal and External Training Records

Implementing an automated system to facilitate training control helps manufacturers keep their personnel adequately trained and adhere to company and regulatory policies.
The Empower Training Management module provides an automated system to manage all internal and external training events.

Issue Management

Capture all Product Related Discussions and Feedback

Communication is the cornerstone of product development, manufacturing, and support.
Meetings, emails and phone conversations are all important aspects of any team that builds products.
But many times this communication isn't captured in a manner that is available to all team members.
Sometimes it is a "hallway discussion" between employees and that it where it stops.
The Issue Management module is a communication portal that captures these discussions and associates them to the product record.
All personnel can access information to understand the full impact their product(s) has on customers which has a direct impact on product features and quality for future designs and updates/upgrades.

The Omnify Empower PLM Issue Management module allows you to capture all product related discussions and feedback and raise, route, and track any problems/issues.

Compliance Management

Omnify Empower helps you meet compliance guidelines.

Environmental and Social compliance

Stringent environmental and social compliance directives such as the European Union RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemical substances), WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and Conflict Minerals tracing, has altered how companies handle their product development.
OEMs are turning to software solutions like Omnify Empower PLM to help develop products that adhere to the new regulations and ensure the proper product design and development processes are in place.
Environmental regulations will continue to evolve as various countries initiate their own directives.
It is extremely important that manufacturers implement flexible systems and processes that can adapt to this environmental movement.

Leverage Omnify to meet various environmental guidelines:

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Identify the complete material composition of a part

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Easily classify parts that meet (or do not meet) RoHS/WEEE/REACH/Conflict Minerals or other environmental requirements

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Automatically manage and trace all product/supplier changes

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Quickly search and export data into a BOM report for analysis of pass/fail parts or demonstrate conformance for regulatory agents

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Store all required compliance declarations/certificates associated with a part

Benefits of Environmental Compliance Management in Omnify Empower PLM

Single, secure location to track, store and analyze all of your product data for environmental compliance

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Address compliance early on at the design phase

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Easily generate compliance reports at any level of the product design

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Avoid costly late-stage redesign

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Simplify the audit process-information is readily available

Medical Devices- Design Safe, Effective and Compliant Products

Medical Device OEMs must have meticulous management of data for product quality, compliance and product safety.
Device manufacturers who track their documentation electronically and must maintain records or submit information to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are subject to the FDA regulation Part 11 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR Part 11).
To be compliant, medical OEMs must meet the electronic records and electronic signature guidelines set forth by the FDA.
Some medical device manufacturers are also required to meet the FDA 21 CFR Part 820 Quality System regulation.
This requires device manufacturers to have a quality system for the design, manufacture, packaging, labeling, storage, installation, and servicing of finished medical devices intended for commercial distribution in the United States.
Omnify Software is helping medical device customers design safe, effective and compliant products by providing the tools to properly manage product development processes for regulatory compliance and simplify the audit process.

System Integrations

With a goal to keep your design and manufacturing data in sync, the Omnify Empower technology architecture was created to be open and flexible enough to securely and reliably share information with Engineering and Enterprise systems.
Our open architecture platform allows you to leverage your investment in existing business and engineering systems and deploy the Omnify Empower system without interrupting your current processes.
Omnify Empower offers out-of-the-box, bi-directional integration with systems such as: ERP, MRP, CRM, CAD, CAE and online content providers.

Enterprise Integration

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Import and export data to/from your business systems

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Automatically publish new items, BOMs, ECOs, AML/AVL from Omnify to your Enterprise System